Necktie-retainer.



No. 663,3I9. Patented Dec. 4, 1900. T. S. WOLF.

NEGKTIE RETAINER.

(Application filed on. 16, 1900.

(No Model.)

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THEODORE S. TVOLF,

PATENT FFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE=RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,319, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed October 16, 1900. Serial No. 33,236. (No model.)

To (till whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE S. WOLF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Necktie- Retainer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of retainers especially adapted for attachment to the shields of bow-ties.

The purpose of the invention is to so construct the retainer that it is made from a single piece of metal and embraces a receiving member for a collar-button, a locking member for the button, and cheek-sections which carry spurs serving to fasten the device to the shield of the tie.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bow-tie with the fastener secured to the shield. 2 is a transverse section through the bowshield and retainer and a section through the neckband and collar of a garment, to which latter the bow is shown as applied. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tie, parts being broken away, and a horizontal section through the retainer applied to the shield of the tie; and Fig. 4is an enlarged perspective view of the retainer.

A represents a necktie-shield forming a portion of a bow-tie B. The retainer, which is shown in detail in Fig. 4:, is made from asingle blank of sheet metal-as, for example, steel or spring-brass struck up or cut in any suitable or approved manner-and this blank is bent upon itself to form a vertical back member 10. In the bottom portion of this back member a longitudinal recess 11 is produced, rendering the lower portion of the back member 10 bifurcated, and the prongs thus formed are given a forward curvature to any desirable extent. The blank is further bent upon itself to form a top member 12 and is then carried downward to form a front member 13, which front member 13 is of the same width at its upper portion as the top member 12, but is reduced in width at its central and lower portions. This front member 13 is in the form of a tongue and constitutes a locking member, while the back member 10 virtually constitutes a receivingmember. The bottom portion of the locking member 13 is curved to the rear and then to the front, forming a convexed check-section 14, which is presented to the head of the button 0 when the retainer is in position on the button, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the button is being placed in position in the retainer the head of the button forces the check-section of the locking member 13 forward, and as soon as the head of the button passes this check-section the said section returns to its normal position and serves to prevent the retainer from being accidentally removed from the button. The lower extremity 15 of the locking member 13 is given an upward and forward curve, as shown in Fig. 4, in order that the head of the button may readily pass between the receiving member and the locking member of the retainer.

In the further construction of the retainer side members 16 are bent at an angle to the receiving member 10 in a horizontal and for ward direction, and these side members 16 are practically cheek members and serve to strengthen the retainer. Each cheek member 16 is provided with a forwardly-extending spur 18, a shoulder 17 being formed on the main portion of the cheek members both above and below the spurs 18. At the upper portion of the retainer a spur 19 is struck up from the locking member 13, which spur occupies a horizontal position and extends forward. These spurs 18 and 19 are passed forward through suitable openings or slots in the shield A and are then clenched against the forward face of the shield, as shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated the neckband D of a garment and a collar E secured to the neckband by the front collar-button O and the retainer applied to the shield and in position on the said front collar-button.

When the retainer is placed in position upon a necktie-shield, the shoulders 17 by engagement with the inner face of the shield limit the extent to which the spurs shall pass through the shield.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A necktie-retainer, consisting of a blank bent upon itself to form a rear receiving member having its lower end bifurcated, a forward looking member, the lower portion of which is opposite the opening in the bottom portion of the receiving member, cheeksections which extend from the side portions of the receiving member to the side portions of the locking member, the said cheek-seciions having forward spur extensions, and a third forwardly-projecting spur extension formed at the upper portion of the locking member, as described.

2. A necktie-retainer constructed from a single blank, the material of which blank is bent upon itself to form a Vertical rear receivingmember, the lower end of which member is bifurcated and is given a forward curvature, the said material being further bent upon itself to form an upper section and thence downward, forming a front locking member which extends substantially to the bottom portion of the rear receiving member, the locking member being curved at itslower portion in direction of the bifurcated portion of the receiving member, closely approaching said portion, the lower extremity of the locking member having an upward and forward inclination, and the material at the upper portion of the locking member being struck outward, forming a horizontal, forwardly-extending spur, the material at the side portions of the receiving member being carried forward,forming cheek-sections which extend to the side portions of the locking member, said cheek-sections being provided with forwardly-extending spur extensionsand with shoulders above and below the said spur extensions, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEODORE S. VOLF. Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNo. M. BITTER. 

